The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-02-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

W AsHlNGT0N ID. u. Jan. olLil, co.,
Tue toiler on Capital Hill confronted vari-
Gus questions during the past week, some q
which are important. while others were not
-. Among them were the fisheries trouble
with Canada woman suffrage pensions
the bill establishing Agricultural ENperima ut
Stations TIE bill preventing members OF Con-
gress from acting attorneys for corporations
with which Congress has important dealings
HE pIcu.ro. Pneumonia bill: the River and
II.,bnr bill. aud several of the other regular
APP reputation bills.
Tie Woman Sttliaee As, ciai ion, Which
has Just closed is nineteenth annual rohNeh
y,II,iun in this city. saw the Senate lcmorsely
vote down their proposed suffrage amendment
t. the Constitution. But sixteen Senators Nn-
ted in favor of the ladies. aud tia; was great
victory for them. They have repeatedly seen
boil, Ii us of Congress vote against the con
silcration OF Inc proposed amendment, hui
4. is was Tie first time they ever had Il vote on
the amendment Itself.
\ committee Of twelve ladies, all prominent
in the Suffrage movement, called At the W ME
House to present to tie President written
protest against That potion oi the IAN Oil
witch DISTINGUISHES the gentle women Of
Utah The President received the ladies' Sra-
ciously. and spoke few works TO each as she
was introduced to him. Several OF them maze
short arguments in favor of the rights OF I ian
women to what they had been allowed to eE-
er,ise for teen ,eaIs-tle franchise and urS-
ed the President to veto the bill if it passes Is
it now reads 5Ir. Cleveland listened atttn
tivelv. promised to give the matter careful at
tention. and said he had supposed the woman
of Utah did not care to vote and did not vote
when they had chance. He shook hands
W lth each lady again al pairing. and after
they had been shown Though the suite OF par
lols, the committee Il! tie honse much pleas
ed with the cordial manner ri The Chief Mag
istrate
II looks as if there is really to be a change
in the Cabinet soon, and titat two of the best
officials in the Treasury are TO become presi-
dent and vice president If the new National
Bank in New York. l refer 10 the Secretary
ofthe Treasury and to tie L. :. Treasurer,
Mr.. Jordan. Mr.. Manning declines to say
anything regarding tie matter, but it is gen
orally believed that lie will offer his resigna-
ton to take effect soon after the adjournment
of Congress. Tie contemplated refinement Of
Treasurer ..Joidan at that time is openly ac-
know lodged.
While the President is c, mpelIed TO regret
parting with these officers, he is quoted as say
| ing that he did rot like 10 assume the respon-
sibibity of standing i'll the way OF what he re-
| gartcd as their self-interest. The salary OF
| Mr. Mapnino's new Office will be S2O,O0o-
more than twice that of Cabinet officer, and
the position will not require the continual
strain necessary to fill the flee of Secretary OF
the Treasury Beside the president and the
Secretary friends are constantly fearful that
| his health will again Sl,ccumb TO his present
| onerous duties.
There is a clear case for veto in the drag
net pension bill which has passed the House
| and the Senate and nos goes to the PRESIDENT.
II provides that all persons vii" served three
months or more in the military OF naval SER
| ~
pensionad at the rate Il SD per month if they
| are unable to earn support because OF physi-
cal or mental disability. ''Anything TO spend
| tie surplus" appears to be tie motto of the
Republicans Of both Llancrs Of Congress
Thi. measure, which was rushed through the
Senate without roll call, virtually creates an
annex 10 the Pension Bureau because it offers
gratuities to s.dsabled' .eNsolliers, without
| regard TO any connection between their service
| in tie army and their present disability.
! The bill wottll take unknown millions ont
| of the Treasury il it became 4 law, for it also
provides at tie rate Of SIP per month for the
| dependent relatives Of soldiers who are not
able to provide for them. This would be
converting the Federal Government into an
| institution for dispensing ''out- door relief,
and encouraging shiftlessness among class
that might otherwise be self-supporting